The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-01-07
LIKE OTHER WOMEN.
Tho Love Affairs Of Number Of Famous English
ApthoresRes 4.

LIKE OTHER WOMEN.
Tho Love Affairs OF . Number Of Famous EuglIsA
VI AuthoresSex.
Hannah More's story is sufficiently
interesting. When she and her sisters
kept a school in Bristol, she used fre-
quently to accompany two of their
pupils to the house OF their cousin
and guardian, Mr.. Turner, who
lived near the town. He was attract.
ed by the young authoress, who was
only twenty-five years OF age, very
pretty, and highly accomplished. The
conquest of his affections was prob,
ably completed by an allegorical'
poem entitled aThe Bleeding Rock"
and suggested to Hannah by some,
scenery in his grounds. He proposed
and was accepted, though he wastwics
her age. He proved, however aluke-
warm lover, postponing the marriage
again and again. AT last, when the
wedding morning actually arrived, he
did not appear, but sent instead q
note excusiug himself on the ground
that he could not bring his mind to
take such an important step as mar
riage.
Hannah's friends were naturally in
dignant, and she herself suffered both
in her feelings and in her pocket. Mr..
Turner insisted on settling on her O
sum of f2OO annually, which she. was
with difficulty induced to accept. She
seems to have generously forgiven him
for no frt te,1,o u
OF each OF her books as published, and
as her fame rose he was won't to
remark that the affair had been over
ruled for her good. Every day, in pub-'
lie orprivate his FIRST toast was "Han-
nah More" and she was remembered
in his will, but they only saw each
other again once, by accident. sas
Miss Burney met NJ. d'Arblay, her
future husband, when he was staying
at Jumper Hall, in Surrey, having
taken refuge in England from the hor-'
rors of the French Revolution. He
was at the time actually ill with grief
for the execution OF Louis XVI. He
lessons lesson in in lis fkis native ana oraus tonsus
and it ended in a marriage.
M. d'Arblay had absolutely nothing
in the world, and his bride, who was
Al years old, had only her literary
prospects and pension of FL 90 year
ly from her having held the post Of
maid OF honor. Though writing that
her own surprise surpassed that OF
all her friends together at this apparl
emily indiscreet and unsuitable mar
riage,3 Nine. d'Arblay experienced
great happiness during twenty-five
years of welded life.
Mrs. Barbauld's husband, the Rev,
Rochmont Barbauld, was the descend,
ant of q Huguenot refugee and tho
son Of an English Chaplain, at Cassef.
in which town he was born. Though
destined for the church, he was sent
to the Dissenting Academy at War,
rington, the head master of which was
destined to be his father.in-law,
There besides falling in love, he inn,
bibed such principles that he telt com.
PEELED to run counter to his fathers
wishes and become dissenting minis
ter. The poverty which resulted
from this step long prevented what
proved happy union.
Lucie Austinmade the acquaintance
of Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, at
Lansdowne House. Their friendship
was soon talked OF as likely to lead. to;
something else, and thernmor reached
Sir Alexander ears. He acted prompt.
ly. "Miss Austin" he said, do you
know people say we are going to be
married? Shall we make it truefs Her
answer was as direct as his question,
and they were married in Kensington
Church in 1910.
Charlotte Bronte's marriage with
the long attached curate, Mr.. Nichols,
was delayed by her fathers pertina-
cious objections to marriage in gener-
al, and this match in particular, Mr..
Nichols threw up his curacv and left
the neighborhood, but Mr.. Bronts
| finally yielded and the wedding took
place quietly at the little church at
Haworth, June 8. 1854. In less than
a year the bells tolled for the brids's
death at the age Of thirty-nine. Z IS, IS,
Letitia E. Landon received and &C.
cepted an offer OF marriage from Mr..
Foster, editor of the Examiner. No
sooner was the engagement made
known than many false friends began
to assail her character and warn him
against her. He took the tales to her
and she Indignantly referred him to
her female friends, who eagerly reas-
sured him. Quite satisfied, he returned
to his betrothed and demanded an im-
mediate marriage, but she met him
with the assurance that she would
never marry man who even seemed
to distrust her. There is no doubt
that in acting thus she disobsyed the
dictates of her own heart. She after.